New wood oval

feeds@yuku.com (ovalracer63) — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:29:52 GMT

I just picked up my new wood oval from subdude17349 on Sat. and it is now up and running complete with the timing system and track call buttons installed. Here is a couple pics of it. Tomorrow night will be our first race on it. I think there is a couple guys in for a big shock coming from plastic to wood and having never run on wood before.

Tom

The ultimate portable rally track....

feeds@yuku.com (iamBerto) — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:16:01 GMT

I saw this and thought I should post it. Enjoy.

Portable track

Roberto

Aloha Raceway Park - my new track.

feeds@yuku.com (Asmith) — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:00:24 GMT

Been just short of three months since construction began but cars are running again. It's 5' by 10' except for the hairpin end (south) which is 4' wide. The design is based on the So-Cal track in The Slot Car Bible, page 95. The original design is a 4' by 8' with 30' lane length. With the extra width I increased all the turn radius by at least 1" and increased the lane spacing to 4" in some sections. The north...

NoOb Wiring Help

feeds@yuku.com (hcdmn) — Sun, 20 May 1923 15:10:55 GMT

seems one of my 3 lanes does not ramp up and down in speed smoothly. It kind of goes in steps which makes it pretty hard to drive. When I hold the cars back tires up and squeeze the throttle you can really hear the motor change speeds abruptly. No matter how smooth (and slowly) I squeeze the throttle the car will eventually jump to a much higher speed. The other 2 lanes run fine.

I have done all the easy things (changed cars, changed controllers, etc.) but the problem stays...

Superflow Speedway 9mm MDF Routed Track

feeds@yuku.com (boslot) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:34:03 GMT

Here is my latest project Superflow Speedway , a simple track layout with some elevation changes and a crossover.

Regards Bo

Pardon My Dust Update 5/17

feeds@yuku.com (Nor Cal Mike) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:49:58 GMT

Lost Coast raceway is currently undergoing a major remodel. My track started out as a two lane, 1/24 lane width road course. Last fall. I rerouted her to be a three lane 1/32 course. The three lane confirgration turned out to be a bit tight in places so I decided to massage her turn entry and exits and add an outer apron extension to make some more sliding room on my big banked turns. This was partially completed when I had a brain storm. With a little extra work I could add an outer...

Where to purchase conductive adhesive copper foil tape

feeds@yuku.com (raceeng18) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:15:20 GMT

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase this tape. I searched Ebay and found it but don't want to wait for it to come from Australia. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you, Found and ordered. Thank you.

Joe

short question about paint ...

feeds@yuku.com (pfuetze) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:12:56 GMT

i read much in this section, as i´m planning to do my first routed track.
i want to use flat latex paint for the surface, but as i´m sitting in Austria/Europe, i want to be sure that i´m taling about the right stuff.
flat latex paint is the stuff that is normally put on walls (called "Dispersionsfarbe" around here) and comes in bucket with around 4 gallons and can be ? can be bought at home and garden centers for DYI ?

thanks,
Peter

Anybody run Slotfire track??

feeds@yuku.com (Titan7170) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:33:43 GMT

I been looking at these track systems and they look real good anybody know of some reviews or running one themselves?

New Track Painted

feeds@yuku.com (Deepsouth14) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:57:05 GMT

Finally! I got to paint my new track. It really amazes me how much this changes the look. At this point it really seems more like a reality
that soon you will be racing. Now on to the taping and wiring. More to come.

best tire for Audi R8C roll-out

feeds@yuku.com (olsoltracer) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:07:44 GMT

Whats the best tire for Audi R8C roll-out? Iam racing on home wood track. Oh ya we use rubber tires no silicone.

New track under construction UPDATED

feeds@yuku.com (Deepsouth14) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:22:00 GMT

A few photos of my second routed track under constuction. More pics as work continues.

routed oval size?

feeds@yuku.com (rando2) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:04:40 GMT

Been a while since I have been in here. My question is this: what is a good size for a routed oval? Within reason of course. I like short track racing, so a flat 1/4 miler similar to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston Salem NC springs to mind. Would like to run Pro Slots on it, mostly, probably squeeze the lanes in the corners, leavinbg enough room to pass if everybody is in control ( yeah right!!!).

We're buying a new house and it has a slot room and I am weighing my...

Track paint questions

feeds@yuku.com (Toypainter) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:37:23 GMT

Guys, I just got my track painted and wired. I ran some cars and they all seem to slide around a lot more than I thought they would. Even through some pretty mild esses, they will go full lock if you try to hold any speed at all. All the cars have silicone tires, and I have run them on another wood track and they work fine. I don't know what kind of paint is on the other track, but I used Behr exterior flat latex on mine with a foam roller. It did end up with a rougher surface than I...

What can you build in 20 hours?

feeds@yuku.com (sledge57) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:56:42 GMT

Apparently this

A new AC2car (I assume) track is comin to da hood...............

James the builder wrote the following:

Here's some progress pics of the White Lake Formula One Ring. View in numerical order. This was Thursday night till 4 am Friday, then Friday afternoon where the entire circuit was linked together and now Saturday where...

tortilla flat race way finally routed

feeds@yuku.com (deslot) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:50:49 GMT

Best Wood Cars

feeds@yuku.com (Nor Cal Mike) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:27:07 GMT
I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this topic but I think it is the best place to get the opinions of real woodies. My question is what are the best out of the box cars to race, sans magnets, on a wood surface. I've got a bunch of different stuff from various manufacturers and have found many of the "desireable" cars are slugs on my wood track. Not beacause they aren't fast but because their tires don't stick in the back end or their guides won't stay put...

New Portable Rally/Raid Track

feeds@yuku.com (jmswms) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:53:09 GMT
I just got a routing kit from Luf, the "oldslotracer", and now I'm planning a trial run for a routed track. It has to be portable/storable, but I'd also like to have a long straight. So, I am thinking about what I could do with one sheet of MDF. I think a 2x12' track with two sections 2'x6' would be manageable. I'm also stealing a couple ideas from the oldslotracer's "Raid" and "Old World Rally" track designs. Here's what...

More pics of Daves "Legends Raceway"

feeds@yuku.com (sledge57) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:52 GMT

Someday I'm gonna get to see this in person..............................I hope

New track - So Cal Special UPDATE MARCH 31

feeds@yuku.com (Asmith) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:23:57 GMT
Got the routing done today on a new track. 5' on one end 4' on the other and 10' long. This is replacing my first routed track and features more turns, tighter turns, wider turn borders, and longer straights. Lane spacing varies from 4" to 3" to 2", planning to add some elevation and banking. Didn't make as many routing mistakes this time around so I'm happy about the way it turned out so far. I'll post more progress pictures as it goes together. I...

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